Yanks non-tender Moseley, Aceves

The Yankees have non-tendered Dustin Moseley and Alfredo Aceves, Mark Feinsand reported a minute ago. In light of the team’s decision to re-up with Sergio Mitre, Moseley’s departure was a foregone conclusion. The Yanks do not need to mediocre right-handers clogging up the roster in the name of depth, but the decision on Aceves is surprising. My guess is that the Yanks did not want to burn a 40-man spot on a guy who missed most of 2010 and will be out for around the first six-to-eight weeks of 2011. The club will, in all likelihood, try to resign him to a minor league deal without burning a 40-man spot on a question mark.

Wow. Didn’t see the Aceves non-tender coming at all. Makes some sense I guess. Why not non-tender Aceves then use the roster spot on Moseley (probably depnds on whether he has options left or not)?

http://youcantpredictbaseball.wordpress.com bexarama

I’m surprised about both of these, really. Didn’t see that coming with Aceves at all and I figured they’d keep Moseley around until Spring Training at least, just for insurance, then cut him. Hope they get Aceves back.

http://www.twitter.com/jordansmed JGS

Hope they get Ace back too.

If they don’t, how much will be made of his ridiculously vulturific 14-1 record?

o

must know something that we dont

Jonathan

Wow…i think this really tells us about Aceves’s back. They must know some bad stuff we don’t. I really hope we re-sign him.

http://www.theyankeeu.com/author/steve-s/ Nostra-Artist

…..huh?

http://www.thesubwayconnection.com Newbie

Some things are better left alone.

http://www.facebook.com/cecala Joseph Cecala

Damn we need gangster to come back! I really don’t know who they figure is worth protecting instead of Aceves.

http://www.secondavenuesagas.com Benjamin Kabak

Anybody. Few teams are going to trip over themselves to sign a guy who suffered through a year of back problems and never got surgery. My money’s on a re-up with the Yanks on a Minor League deal.

Yes, because it’s freaking impossible for a grown adult to get on a bicycle and ride it without breaking a bone. He might as well have been juggling knives naked in a bear pit covered in honey on a slip-n-slide on a balance beam while being pelted with medicine balls for the way you’re portraying it

What Ace did was a freak injury. You know how you avoid freak injuries? You don’t. They’re freak injuries, they’re unpredictable. He wasn’t Jay Williams driving a motorcycle at 80 mph on the freeway, he was riding a f#$%ing bicycle.

Shit happens.

Adam

For a second there I thought to myself, “Is that really the worst thing that Jason Williams ever did?” and remembered that, oh right, there was another one…

Who ever said he was exercising? Maybe he was just — gasp! — riding a bike.

theyankeewarrior

I’m not attacking the idea of riding a bike for fun. I’m attacking the idea of riding a bike for fun when your name is Alfredo Aceves and you play for the Yankees and your job is to be ready for spring training in mid-February and you have a non-guaranteed contract and you might be non-tendered if you fall and break your clavicle, wrist, ankle etc. etc. etc.

I’d start listing other, safer, things to do in Mexico, but there technically aren’t ANY safe things to do in Mexico.

Monteroisdinero

and maybe he was drunk and maybe the Yanks know alot more than we do.

theyankeewarrior

If I broke my clavicle tripping while walking up the stairs, I wouldn’t avoid stairwells afterwords, because it was just a freak accident.

If I broke my clavicle riding a bike, I would stop riding my bike after, because a freaking deer, or car, or kid, or Mexican drug lord could pull out in front of you, and you could fall off and break an infinite amount bones.

It’s dangerous, and it’s unnecessary. But I’m sure he doesn’t regret it at all. I’m sure he can’t wait to get back up on that TREK and take on some terrain.

Stratman9652

Dude. Let. It. Go.

theyankeewarrior

Dude. This is a post dedicated to the fact that Alfredo Aceves was non-tendered by the Yankees today because he fell of a bicycle in Mexico and broke his clavicle.

“This is a post dedicated to the fact that Alfredo Aceves was non-tendered by the Yankees today because he fell of a bicycle in Mexico and broke his clavicle.”

That is your opinion. There’s a pretty good chance they know something about his back and not optimistic about his long-term future.

Adam

That stinks, I’ve always liked the Ace a lot, and he was so valuable in ’09. Hope they do re-sign him, his versatility is just like Ramiro Mendoza, who was always undervalued in his importance to the dynasty teams.